THE STORY OF THE 



BIRDS 



BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO 

 THE STUDY OF ORNITHOLOGY 



BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



AUTHOR OF 



'RURAL BIRD LIFE," "THE GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL OF THE BRITISH 



ISLANDS," "BRITISH SEA BIRDS," "CURIOSITIES OF BIRD LIFE," "THE 



MIGRATION OF BIRDS," "BIRD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY," 



"AMONG THE BIRDS IN NORTHERN SHIRES," 



ETC. ETC. ETC. 



WITH FRONTISPIECE BY CHARLES WHYMPER 



LONDON 

 GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD 



1900 



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